KEVIN ANDERSON - "Sunset Boulevard" (2nd Sydmonton Workshop.)

[MissSai99]

This is amazing!!! What an increbibly raw and emotionally charged performance!! This is Kevin at his absolute best, end of story. Kevin owns this part as far as I'm concerned and the heavy applause at the end of the song is totally justified.

[caseyjay231]

well, the sydmonton audience loved his rendition...as do i.

[rockgor]

"I was so lucky to have Kevin Anderson as my leading man. He is a wonderful

actor, a wonderful singer, and a great guy. I adore him."

Patti LuPone

from her autobiography

[rach158]

I don't think he's that good on this video but on the cd i've got i really like him, he's always been my second favourite Joe after Hugh Jackman. I know Hugh may not have as good a voice as a lot of other Joes but his acting makes up for that, he get the arrogence that Joe is supposed to have.

[MrZenCat]

He has the desperation and hunger Joe must have . Yes boulevard is over done but I fault the director

[MrZenCat]

he has the desperation and the hunger Joe must have. AND The voice

[GlasgowMusicStudio]

Creaky covered wagINs, DragINs. TERRIBLE DICTION

[badwolf79]

HE IS THE BEST JOE EVER!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH SWOOOOOON

[AndSingForeverToYou]

this guy, besides Hugh Jackman, is my favourite, Joe.

[badwolf79]

@AndSingForeverToYou OMG  HJ bad american accent and he spoke most of the song ... HJ gets on my nevers!

[AndSingForeverToYou]

@badwolf79 he was better as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, oh and his singing improved when he did Oklahoma and Boy from Oz. But, I just love the rawness of Hugh's voice.

[stevethepirate78]

I actually like Anderson a lot better than Campbell. Campbell was all voice and overacting, no subtlety.

[tearmann]

kevin anderson, on the london stage when it opened, was the ultimate joe gillis; the voice of a man you really believe is a hand-to-mouth earning/starving screenwriter. he took a page from bogart's sam spade to do this role, and he was brilliant doing it.

[badwolf79]

@tearmann i am sooooooo jelouse... this musical was the reason i got into musical theater (I wanted to be just like Kevin Anderson.

[dathanfinch]

I think that Hugh Jackman does a good job with the part.

[gavyj5191]

I think he understands that Joe is really is suppose obnoxious. And I really like his acting and singing. I like Anderson.

[ramona2400]

Not the best Joe - Rex Smith was a great joe up against Diahann Carrolls over the top grand diva Norma

[BadLactose]

I love Kevin Anderson's rendition. Thanks for this!

[emlodik]

@BadLactose Must be a gay thing...

[arodoet126]

i've always liked his version best, barrowman is good too though, but I am not crazy he says "boulevard!

[shmoogle14]

I'd be interested in seeing Raul Esparza as Joe.

[PessimisticOptimist2]

@shmoogle14 Thank would be INCREDIBLE. And have Christiane Noll or Alice Ripley as Betty? Asdfhgjgfds<3

[zaphod8eeblebrox]

Its seems that everyone is over Critical over the Boulevard note each time no matter who seems to be singin, having been learning this for a show of musical numbers, it just happens to be how the Dots are written, everyone that sings it has the same problem, it just comes down to a pronounciation and their own accent that changes things

[CrassMufumbu]

He's pretty good, he's the only Joe that doesn't sound like a pansy...and he's got that 50's acting vibe going.

[AndSingForeverToYou]

@CrassMufumbu He's my favourite out of all the Joe's I've listened to.

[LesMisere]

Meh. His "boooooulevard" doesn't bother me much. Nor does his performance here. I've always found the role of Joe as written in the musical to be sort of obnoxious anyway. Alan and most every other musical Gillis I've seen gets on my nerves at one point or another.

What really made me cringe was the weird phrasing in the last note. Other than that, I don't think he's as awful as everyone says he is.

[HouseOnSunset]

We've yet to see a Joe that's actually "good."

[ChrisStockslager]

@HouseOnSunset That would be William Holden..

[HouseOnSunset]

@ChrisStockslager I'm not talking about the film. It's in a separate category.

[GlasgowMusicStudio]

@HouseOnSunset Alan Campbell, what exactly was wrong with him?

[06s091]

@HouseOnSunset Michael Ball would have been great judging from what I have seen from the 1st Sydmonton workshop of Sunset and his later concert performance with Petula Clarke.

[briandjusforever]

I must concur with the ANNOYING usage of "BOOOOOLEVARD" I do enjoy his intensity, and way he seems to lose himself within the character, however perhaps a more sophisticated style could have worked out better.

[VEGA747]

Kev Rocks ! Fuck Off !

[HouseOnSunset]

First class all the way, pumpkin?

[BENJADAMONBROADWAY]

Barrowman's sooo much better <3

[emlodik]

Puh-leeze, my MOM would be better!

[MisterDaskLives]

ALL the Joes tend to suck because the role is nothing (I mean, this is his big number and the lyrics are just SO embarrassing), but this is especially terrible. "Sunset BYUUULOVAAHD, Headline BYYUUUUEEELEEVAWD." What's with that overly intense, applause-milking gesture at the end?

[firewalkwithbob]

sorry but i prefer him also

[emlodik]

You people are idiots.

[firewalkwithbob]

yea i guess having an opinion is pretty idiotic...

[Apacherz818]

I can't stand his BOOOULVARD, he sounds like a frenchman trying to speak like he's from Brooklyn!

[traod8]

Don't kill me or anything E, but I don't dislike him in this role, nor this performance. At least he isn't hamming it up the way Alan Campbell did. It worked with Glenn making Norma campy, but not with Joe.

[HouseOnSunset]

Who is this "E" you speak off?

[traod8]

Sorry, typo. I just meant to write "anything, but", but hit the wrong key.

[HouseOnSunset]

That's better! :-P

[lumiere85]

OMG! How could anyone prefer this performance to Allan Campbell?

[mdk618]

This isn't great...I admit that, however, Alan Campbell was awful. I saw him twice on Broadway and it was painful. I saw Kevin Anderson in London and thought he and Patti Lupone were awesome.

[HouseOnSunset]

In what universe?

[mdk618]

He never got a chance on Broadway....Alan Campbell...give me a break... he was worse

[HouseOnSunset]

Than THIS? What are you smoking and where can I get some?

[clevm002]

Kinda bad acting... Early days however!

[HouseOnSunset]

Yeah, he didn't improve much afterwards.